Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,832
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$7,028
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,990
Texas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Texas — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$46,860
Kept after tax
$39,832
Worth in national money
$40,990
State rank
40
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Texas pays this job a middle wage of $46,860, 40 of 50 states and about 13.56% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against other work in Texas, this sits in the middle: 317 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $46,860, take-home of $39,832 is worth roughly $40,990 in national money. The average comes to $49,400, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas's $46,860 median for eligibility interviewers, government programs places it 40 of 50 states, about 13.56% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Eligibility interviewers, government programs ranks 317 of 493 occupations in Texas by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for eligibility interviewers, government programs, whose median is $46,860, the adjusted figure of $40,990 differs little from $39,832 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $49,400 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,790 |
| This salary | $46,860 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Texas | $39,832 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $39,832 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,487 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $46,860 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,202 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Texas earn less than $46,860. The published range is $38,680 up to $63,790, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $39,832 take-home in Texas comes from $46,860. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 317 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,990 uses one figure for the whole of Texas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 317.
- Reported values are medians; for eligibility interviewers, government programs in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,680 to $63,790. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $39,832, from $46,860, assumes a single Texas filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 317 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 40 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,990, worked from $46,860, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Texas address, on work sitting at 317 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $49,400, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,680 and the top tenth $63,790, so most people doing this work in Texas sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $40,990.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,832 of this wage reaches your account, because Texas takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Texas is $49,400. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,680 to $63,790) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Texas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Texas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $40,990 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $39,832 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.